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🇪🇸 Spanish · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 40 MINUTES

Better Than I Expected

On All Saints' Day, Sarah, Nerea and Alvaro sit a full practice exam, and two of the three results are better than anyone expected. Then Sarah goes with Encarna to take flowers to Paco, and Encarna tells him the whole autumn. Say how did it go, better than I expected, out of how many, that's amazing, not once, this calls for a celebration, I'm a bit down, what counts is January, don't count your chickens, it's giving us trouble - and review everything from the second part of this level.

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THE STORY

It's Thursday, November 1st, 2029, All Saints' Day, a holiday in Spain. At nine this morning, in a study centre in the centre of Seville, five hundred nurses sat a full practice exam - two hundred questions, five hours, the same as the real thing in January. Sarah sat it with four topics still to do. The results came out on the screen at two. Sarah, Nerea and Alvaro come out into the street, blinking in the sun. At five, Sarah goes with Encarna to the cemetery, to take flowers to Paco, and Encarna tells him the news. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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¿Qué tal te ha salido?keh tahl teh ah sah-LEE-dohHow did it go?
Mejor de lo que esperaba.meh-HOHR deh loh keh ehs-peh-RAH-bahBetter than I expected.
He quedado la treinta.eh keh-DAH-doh lah TREH-een-tahI came thirtieth.
¿De cuántos?deh KWAHN-tohsOut of how many?
De quinientos.deh kee-nee-EHN-tohsOut of five hundred.
¡Eso es una pasada!EH-soh ehs OO-nah pah-SAH-dahThat's amazing!
Con eso, eliges plaza.kohn EH-soh eh-LEE-hehs PLAH-sahWith that, you get to choose your post.
sin quedarme en blancoseen keh-DAHR-meh ehn BLAHN-kohwithout my mind going blank
Ni una sola vez.nee OO-nah SOH-lah behsNot once.
Las galletas funcionan.lahs gah-YEH-tahs foon-see-OH-nahnThe biscuits work.

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